THE CONSOLIDATION BILL, AS FINALLY PASSED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE, January 31, 1854. INDEX. Page 2, 1. Corporate name and boundaries of the City of Philadelph "3, 2. Boundaries of the Wards. 3. Boundaries of the Election Divisions. 29. Duties of Sheriff and County Commissioners. "12, 30. Opening and closing, &c. 31. Regulates first election as to Officers. 32. Provides for immediate means of information of results of Elections. 34. Returns of Election. "13, 35. Of contesting the Election. 36. Extends terms of Officers till June Election. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 37. Vests Estates of Districts, &c., in city. 38. Public Debt, Interest thereon, Loans, &c. "14, 39. Fiscal year and Estimates of Guardians of Poor, &c. 40. Paving, &c. 41. Powers of County Commissioners and County Board vested in city, & "15, 42. Police and Fire Department. 43. Office of Tax Collector abolished. 44. Existing Laws continued until repealed. 45. Of Impeachment and Removal from Office. 46. Compensation of Officers and filling vacancies. 47. Salaries not to be increased or reduced during term of office. 48. Incompatible Offices. 49. Surety and Oath of Office. "16, 50. Councils to regulate Departments. 17. 51. No Officer, Clerk, &c., to be interested in Contracts. 52. Councils and other bodies to sit with open doors. 53. Railroad subscriptions to be binding. Secretary's Certificate. (1) A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of Philadelphia." SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the corporate name of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia shall be changed to "The City of Philadelphia," and the boundaries of the said city shall be extended so as to embrace the whole of the territory of the county of Philadelphia, and all the powers of the said corporation, as enlarged and modified by this act, shall be exercised and have effect within the said county and over the inhabitants thereof. SECT. 2. The said city shall be divided into wards, as follows, to wit: First Ward-That part thereof bounded as follows: Beginning at Wharton street and the river Delaware; thence along Wharton street to the Passyunk road; thence along the Passyunk road to Little Washington street; thence along Washington to Broad street; thence along Broad street to South street; thence along South street to the river Schuylkill; thence along the river Schuylkill to its junction with the river Delaware; thence along the river Delaware to the place of beginning, together with League Island. Second Ward-That part thereof lying between Broad street and the river Delaware, and between the lines of aforesaid First ward and Christian street. Third Ward-That part thereof lying between Broad street and the river Delaware, and between Christian street on the south, and Fitzwater, German, Mead, and Catharine streets on the north. Fourth Ward-That part thereof lying between Broad street and the river Delaware, and between the north line of aforesaid Third Ward and South street. Fifth Ward. That part thereof lying between Seventh street and the river Delaware, and between South street and Chesnut street, including all of Windmill Island. Sixth Ward-That part thereof lying between Seventh street and the river Delaware, and between Chesnut street and Vine street. Seventh Ward-That part thereof lying between Seventh street and the river Schuylkill, and between South street and Spruce street. Eighth Ward-That part thereof lying between Seventh street and the river Schuylkill, and between Spruce street and Chesnut street. Ninth Ward-That part thereof lying between Seventh street and the river Schuylkill, and between Chesnut street and Arch street. Tenth Ward-That part thereof lying between Seventh street and the river Schuylkill, and between Arch street and Vine street. Eleventh Ward-That part thereof lying between Third street and the river Delaware and between Vine street and Poplar street. Twelfth Ward-That part thereof lying between Sixth street and Third street and between Vine street and Poplar street. Thirteenth Ward-That part thereof lying between Sixth street and Tenth street and between Vine street and Poplar street. Fourteenth Ward-That part thereof lying between Tenth street and Broad street and between Vine street and Poplar street. Fifteenth Ward-That part thereof lying between Broad street and the river Schuylkill and between Vine street and Poplar street. Sixteenth Ward-That part thereof bounded as follows: beginning at Maiden street and the river Delaware, thence along Maiden street to the Frankford road, thence along the Frankford road to Franklin avenue, thence along Franklin avenue to Sixth street, thence along Sixth street to Poplar street, thence along Poplar street to the river Delaware, thence along the river Delaware to the place of beginning. (2) Seventeenth Ward-That part thereof bounded on the north by Oxford street, on the east by the Frankford road, on the south by Franklin avenue, and on the west by Sixth street. Eighteenth Ward-That part thereof bounded as follows: beginning at Maiden street and the Delaware river, thence along Maiden street to the Frankford road, thence along the Frankford road to Norris street, thence along Norris street to the river Delaware, thence along the river Delaware to the place of beginning. Nineteenth Ward-That part thereof bounded as follows: beginning at Norris street and the Delaware river, thence along Norris street to the Frankford road, thence along the Frankford road to Oxford street, thence along Oxford street to Sixth street, thence along Sixth street to Lehigh avenue, thence along Lehigh avenue to the Frankford road, thence along the Frankford road to Westmoreland street, thence along Westmoreland street to the Point road, thence along the Point road to the northeast boundary of the district of Richmond, thence along the same to the river Delaware, thence along the river Delaware to the place of beginning. Twentieth Ward-That part thereof bounded as follows: beginning at Poplar street and the river Schuylkill, thence along the said Poplar street to Sixth street, thence along the said Sixth street to Susquehanna avenue, thence along the said Susquehanna avenue to Eleventh street, thence along the said Eleventh street to Montgomery street, thence along the said Montgomery street to the river Schuylkill, thence along the same to the place of beginning. Twenty-first Ward--That part thereof lying within the present bounds of the borough of Manayunk and the townships of Roxborough and Penn, and the southern boundary thereof shall be as follows: beginning at Montgomery street and the river Schuylkill, thence along Montgomery street to Eleventh street, thence along Eleventh street to Susquehanna avenue, thence along Susquehanna avenue to Germantown road. Twenty-second Ward-That part thereof lying within the present bounds of the townships of Germantown and Bristol and the borough of Germantown. Twenty-third Ward-That part thereof including all the remainder of the present county of Philadelphia, east of the river Schuylkill. The said ward shall be entitled to elect four members of the Common Council by separate ticket, as follows: One member shall be elected by the qualified voters residing within the present limits of the townships of Delaware, Moreland, and Byberry; one member by the qualified voters residing within the present limits of the townships of Oxford and Lower Dublin; one member by the qualified voters residing within the present limits of the borough of Frankford and Whitehall, and one member by the qualified voters residing in the remainder of said ward. Twenty-fourth Ward-That part of the county of Philadelphia lying west of the river Schuylkill. Provided, That whenever a street, road, avenue, or river is named as a boundary in this section, the centre thereof shall be understood. Each of said wards, with the exception of the Seventeenth and Twenty-third, shall, at the Municipal Election in 1854, elect three members of the Common Council. The Seventeenth Ward shall, at said election, elect four members by general ticket; and the Twenty-third Ward shall, at said election, elect four members as hereinbefore provided. The qualified voters of each of the aforesaid Wards in the said city shall, at the municipal elections in said city, in the year 1855, and annually thereafter, be entitled to elect one member of the Common Council for every twelve hundred taxable inhabitants, and one for every fraction of six hundred or more of such taxables of said ward, according to the enumeration of taxables made in the preceding year. Provided, That no Ward shall have less than three Common Councilmen. And it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of the county of Philadelphia, in his proclamation for every municipal election in the year 1855, and thereafter, to state the number of members of the Common Council which the qualified voters of each of the said wards shall be entitled to elect as aforesaid. SECT. 3. On or before the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfour, the Commissioners of the county of Philadelphia (and thereafter the City Councils), shall lay out and establish a sufficient number, not less than six, election divisions in each of the wards established by the second section of this act, which divisions shall be, whenever practicable, bounded on all sides by streets, lanes, roads, alleys, avenues, streams of water, or by one of the boundary lines of said city, and shall be as nearly equal in number of taxable inhabitants as such boundaries will admit of, and shall be numbered respectively one, two, three, four, and so on. The said Commissioners and the said Councils, when they establish the same, shall make an accurate description thereof, and cause it to be published in one or more of the daily papers of the city of Philadelphia, and shall file a copy of such description in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the county of Philadelphia, to be and remain on record in said office; and if, at any election thereafter, there shall be more than four hundred votes polled in any of the said divisions, then at some period at least forty days previous to the next succeeding election, the City Councils shall re-arrange the divisions of the ward or wards wherein such vote has been polled, and increase the number thereof if necessary. SECT. 4. The legislative powers of the said city shall be vested in two bodies, to be called |